The CDP market is mature enough for VARs of all sizes to play

It may be the most heavily marketed acronym in the storage and backup market since ILM. But unlike information life-cycle management, continuous data protection (CDP) is here and now, with real products that don't require the forklift upgrades, major rethinking of how storage resources are deployed, or what policies will guide long-term archiving practices.

New Orleans solution provider Jim Perrier drives this point home: Things may never be the same for his business, his customers or his city, but life goes on

Jim Perrier sets off to work in an old Toyota 4-Runner every morning that his wife keeps begging him to replace. He keeps saying no because he likes the truck and, besides, you don&t get rid of something just because it&s a little banged up. That&s the way it is in Louisiana.

Overland partners concerned about hostile takeover bid

Seagate has begun shipping half-terabyte hard drives into the channel, following Hitachi to the 500-Gbyte mark, but the vendor is stretching its five-year warranty program to cover a broader technology lineup.

Microsoft's Longhorn app publishing different from Citrix

QandA With Citrix President and CEO at Citrix iForum in Las Vegas. Citrix Senior Vice President of Worldwide sales and services John Burris and newly apppointed channel chief Mitchell parker also attended the meeting at Mandalay Bay.